The Help You Need to Study Come, Follow Me 1 Nephi 1-7 "I Will Go and Do"

Written By Camille Gillham

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I have to say I’m surprised Come, Follow Me 1 Nephi 1-7 “I Will Go and Do” (January 6-12) is only one lesson. I guess if we broke it up more though we’d be studying the Book of Mormon for two years instead though. Ha, ha. There is always going to be so much more than you will probably discuss as a family so focus on those parts that are most important to you first. As always, find loads of helps to help you study and teach below.

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Key Events and Themes

  • Lehi preaches and is warned in a dream to flee into the wilderness

  • Go and do for the Lord will prepare a way to do His will

  • Nephi and his brothers return to Jerusalem to get the brass plates

  • Nephi and his brothers return to Jerusalem for the family of Ishmael

  • Sariah worries her sons won’t return

  • The scriptures have great value

  • We each need a testimony of our own

Videos and Articles to Help

Make a playlist and YouTube or your Gospel Media app and let your family watch it throughout the week.

The Brass Plates (about 4 1/2 minutes)- Chapter 4 of the Illustrated Scripture Stories

Scripture Legacy (about 20 minutes)

The Lord Commands Lehi’s Family to Leave Jerusalem (about 18 minutes)- Book of Mormon video- this is the long one. You can break up with the different segments below.

Nephi Is Led by the Spirit to Obtain the Plates of Brass (about 26 minutes)- Book of Mormon video- again you can break this one up with the following smaller segments.

Ishmael’s Household Joins Lehi’s Family (about 12 1/2 minutes)- Book of Mormon video- this is the longer one. The next two videos are segments from it.

 
 

“Three Sisters” by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“The Power of Scripture” by Elder Richard G. Scott

“Holy Scriptures: The Power of God unto Our Salvation” by Elder Robert D. Hales

“There Is Power in the Book” by Elder LeGrand R. Curtis Jr.

“They Pray and They Go” by President Thomas S. Monson

“‘I Will Go and Do the Things Which the Lord Hath Commanded’” by Elder L. Tom Perry

“Marriage and Family Relations”- Participant study guide

“Extending Family Relationships”- Handbook for Families

“Parents and Children: Listening, Learning, and Loving” by President M. Russell Ballard

Fathers and Sons (about 5 1/2 minutes) - about how a young man applied President Ballard’s counsel from the talk above.

Mothers and Daughters (about 5 minutes)

“Fundamentals of Enduring Family Relationships” by President Ezra Taft Benson

Happiness in Family Life- This is a whole webpage that breaks up the words of this part of The Family Proclamation and discusses them further.

Teaching Ideas and Questions

Print Treasure Chest and Jewels
Print Character Cards
  • Build a treasure chest for each person or use one as a family. There are two you can print out. One is a foldable 3-D version which is lots of fun (cardstock is best). The other is designed to be used like a pocket (fold in half and staple on the edges). Give everyone a jewel and invite them to write some of your favorite scriptures on the jewels or a reason why they value the scriptures. You can give prompts for the younger children or use big plastic toy jewels for added fun! You can also discuss the questions President Russell M. Nelson suggested in his General Conference talk, “The Book of Mormon: What Would Your Life Be Like without It?”- “First, what would your life be like without the Book of Mormon? Second, what would you not know? And third, what would you not have?”

  • If you have younger children, they may enjoy the coloring page included in my Primary 2 Lesson 20 helps.

  • Why are the scriptures important to you? What do you value in them? How have the scriptures blessed and helped you throughout your life? What is a scripture passage or story that holds meaning to you? What are some stumbling blocks that you trip over as you strive to consistently study the scriptures? How can you turn those into stepping stones instead? What are your scripture study goals for 2020? How are you using your home to invite scripture study? What are you willing to give up for the scriptures?

  • A sister in my mother’s ward shared a story about her watermelon plants a few years back. She took great care of her plants, watering them a little bit every day as required. Then she went out of town. Upon her return, the plants were obviously struggling from not being watered enough so she put the hose on them and flooded them all day. When she went out the next morning, all the watermelon had burst! It was too much water all at once; they couldn’t handle it. Discuss how our consistent smaller study on a daily basis can do much more for us then an immediate flood. You may want to discuss how General Conference weekend is always wonderful but it is a struggle at the end because we are already so full. That’s why it’s important to go back and study the talks in smaller doses again. Daily scripture study has a greater impact on us than a one-week cram session. In what ways have you seen the power of doing small and simple things in your life? What are some small things that we might remove from our homes in order to make room for the small and simple things that matter? What things help you and your family remain consistent in gospel study? How has your gospel study already made a difference in your life? What things might help when we feel frustrated in our efforts to be consistent? What can we do to be consistent in gospel study even when those around us may seem to be against it?

  • Ask your group or family to tell you all their stumbling blocks, excuses they hear from their friends, and everything that might get in the way of our consistent gospel study. Write what answers you can on the board or a piece of paper to give a general idea. Then go through and solve or dismiss those problems! Ask people to share their solutions to that problem. See what things you might implement in your family. It’s not unusual to go in cycles where you are really great at scripture study for a while to being sporadic at best. What plans can you put into place now when you start to stumble?

  • Review these ideas of how to bring the scriptures to life this year as you study the Book of Mormon together.

  • You can also put my character card set inside a set of scriptures. The thinner the paper you use to print them, the harder it will be to find them. The extra characters are decoys. The goal is to find Christ in the scriptures. Then explain how Christ is found throughout the scriptures especially in the Book of Mormon. That’s what makes these scriptures so valuable. We learn of Christ, how to become like Him, and how we can return to live with Him and Heavenly Father.

Get Go and Do Family Date Night!

  • Don’t just discuss the scriptures, experience them! My Go and Do Family Date Night Kit is perfect for this week. Your family will be challenged to GO to three different places then DO different acts of service. However, just like Nephi and his brother experienced challenges along their way, you’ll have to decode the clues and overcome some obstacles too. Do it as a race or cooperative. Either way, have lots of fun then discuss your experience with the included questions and scripture tie ins! Don’t have time to go to all three places? Pick one location puzzle instead and see how many acts of service you can do within a set time.

  • Don’t have time for a Family Date Night this week? Schedule it for later in the month and use it as a way to review what you have learned already. It’s cheaper than going to the movies and you get have a gospel learning experience.

  • Check out the Youth theme video and songs for 2020. It’s all about going and doing. Learn the song as a family to sing or play together.

  • Sneak in notes of encouragement or reminders using my free Go and Do sticky notes. Add a compliment about how you have seen them studying their scriptures or helping a sibling or wish them well before a big event.

  • Nephi isn’t the only one who went and did the things the Lord commanded. See if you can match these other Book of Mormon people to what they did (from The Friend, January 2004).

  • As you discuss how your Go and Do Family Date Night went, also discuss how murmuring makes the experience more difficult. We know Laman and Lemuel for their murmurings. Refer to BYU Studies Chart for an overview of why they complained and to who. The natural man wants to complain. What can help us refrain from complaining? How can our testimonies and remembering what the Lord has done help us?

Print Wilderness Story Scenes

  • Go through the story of Nephi and his brothers returning to Jerusalem both for the brass plates and for the family of Ishmael. How can you relate these experiences to your family? Draw personal examples from the past or potential situations underneath each segment. How else can you liken this scripture story to your family? How has God prepared you and your family to do the things He has asked such as Come, Follow Me?

  • After you use my Go and Do Family Date Kit, get out these free scripture story scenes. Draw your adventure on the bottom that best matches what Lehi’s family went through on the top. What new insight do you gain as you view the story through the activity you just did? Did you gain a better understanding of the different family members’ attitudes and reactions? How did you receive help?

  • Instead of comparing your family to each scene, write down the story in your own words using a modern example in the space underneath. How does creating this story help you understand these scriptures better?

  • Compare Lehi’s exodus to the Exodus by the children of Israel with another BYU Studies chart.

  • Discuss how everyone reacts differently to the words of God- even when received positively because we all are different. However, what is the main difference between those that receive it well and those that have a hard time? You can use the sponge object lesson of a hard heart or get out your crayons for some fun! Pick out some smooth rocks for your family to use for this activity then grab some crayons. While you warm your rocks up in the oven (200 degrees Fahrenheit for 10-20 minutes on a foil-lined sheet), discuss how each crayon is a hard, solid surface. What can you do to change that? Carefully remove the rocks and place them on another foiled-lined safe surface. When you place the crayon on the rock, it will melt the crayon wax onto the rock. How can you compare that to softening our hearts? What are some ways we can help our hearts soften so we can be open to the word of the Lord and change as needed? (See A Girl and A Glue Gun for more Hot Rock tips)

  • How has remembering what God has done for you in the past helped you continue in faith now? How does remembering the works of God from the scriptures and in your personal life help you obey His commandments? How does remembering God works keep you from murmuring?

  • You might also want to study this BYU Studies chart- When Is It Better for One Mant oPerish Than an Entire Nation?

Print Therapy Cards

  • Notice how Lehi’s family interacts with each other. Do you see any relation to your own family? Pretend to be someone from Lehi’s or Ishmael’s family as you discuss how you can improve the relationships and communication in your own family. Pick one person to act as the “therapist.” The therapist encourages the patient to talk about their feelings and understand why they might feel that way. The therapist also encourages the patient to communicate openly, honestly, and kindly with their other family members. How would you encourage better communication, understanding, and support? Invite your family or class to be the patients. Pick a therapy situation card and act out this person. Remember, you are simply pretending and guessing what they may have felt or thought but try to base your reactions on what you do know from the scriptures. If you want, you can even lie down on the couch and put on costumes to get into the roles.

  • As you go through the therapy situations, discuss how your family might experience a similar situation. What can your family do when that occurs? Why is it important to communicate your feelings with your family? How can we be better listeners and help one another out? How can hard or soft hearts make things easier or harder in family relationships?

Additional Study Helps

Use my planning sheet to help you keep an overall picture of the week and plan out what you want to do.

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